El Cajon Public Safety Center
El Cajon Public Safety Center
Client: City of El Cajon
Location: El Cajon, CA
Lopez Engineering, Inc. provided electrical design services for the City of El Cajon’s new $40 million Public Safety Center. Designed by KMA Architecture and Engineering, the center is located on a 3.5-acre site in downtown El Cajon at the corner of Magnolia and East Park Avenue, adjacent to the City of El Cajon Civic Center. It is expected be complete in June 2011.
LEI’s electrical design included approximately 113,000 square feet of public safety facilities and a multi-story building, which includes space that functions as a community room and an emergency operations center for the region. A 166,000-square-foot parking structure has also been designed and will include garages, vehicle maintenance facilities and parking for 638 police and city staff. The project includes many sustainable features, such as daylighting, high efficiency glass and shading devices.
The Public Safety Center is a landmark building for El Cajon and with state-of-the-art public spaces and sustainable design features, the building will greatly enhance the city’s downtown area. Progress on the construction, which began June 2009, can be seen in a time-lapse video on the city of El Cajon’s Web site ci.el-cajon.ca.us.